Ghost Divers

SOME ADVENTURES STAY WITH YOU.📹 Three days in .

Desiree came to Mexico with her son Ethan, ready to explore the together. We worked on her , refined her equipment configuration and body position, and built a plan that gave both of them something to look forward to each day.

For Ethan, the adventure looked a little different.
Cenotes. Dry caves. Snorkeling. Endless swimming. Running around all day.

Alonso had the important mission of keeping up with him.
Watching them reminded me of something very personal.

When I was a kid, I travelled around the world with my mother, just the two of us. Those experiences shaped the person I became and eventually influenced the life I chose to build around diving and exploration.
That's why days like this mean something beyond the dives themselves.

Sometimes, we get the opportunity to give someone an experience they will remember for years.
Desiree, thank you for sharing these three days with us and for trusting us with such a special trip. Ethan, keep that energy. Alonso may need a few days to recover.

And thank you, Alonso, for helping make the adventure memorable for both of you.

Never lose the opportunity to do something special.

Bring the people you . Make the memories. Explore somewhere new.

And when you're ready for your next adventure, come explore the cenotes with us. 👌🏻

DIVING TIPS COMPILATION PART 7 IS HERE!

Our new video is out! In this compilation, we expand on the topics of SMB deployment and hose routing for sidemount, based on some of your comments and questions, plus other stuff.

As usual, I hope you find it useful.

⚡Thank you for watching!

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DIVING TIPS PART 7: SMB, sidemount regulators, and cave diving procedures This is my seventh DIVING TIPS compilation, where we will see how ...

ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE 🪢

Not every cenote comes with a nice staircase.

I have been diving in the deep cenotes situated in the north of the Peninsula with Alondra and Benji. For the first time, I’ve experienced using the rappel equipment to lower my a$$ into the water.

It reminded me of my first jump from a plane, in tandem with the instructor. I felt like a useless bag of meat, unable to take control of the situation. I promised myself that if I was going to jump again, it would be to take the certification!

I feel compelled to what I am doing, within reasonable limits. I consider moving my body weight up and down to be included in the area of control I want to maintain!

This time, I wasn’t strapped to a 250-pound dude, but I was hanging from the extremely trained hands of Alondra, rappel instructor and cave guide, while being photographed by Benji, who was also making fun of me… as one does!

So… I guess that now I have no other choice but to take all the rappel courses with Alondra Fernandez Salazar and lower my a$$ in the water by myself!

Thank you, , for the great pictures of me pretending to be in control of the situation, while gracefully bouncing on the walls!

FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT!
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BEYOND THE LIGHT 🔦

At some point, the entrance is no longer part of the dive.
You stop thinking about what is behind you and start paying attention to what is in front of you.

The topography.
The formations.
The colors.
The feeling about the place.
Small tunnels that need to be checked on your next dive.

You start to live the cave.

One of the things we like about cave diving is to develop a special relationship with every single cave because they are all unique!

The environment gives you information constantly.

The question is what are you going to do with it?

💀 — Technical & Cave Diving in Mexico. 🎥

THE CAVE REMEMBERS WHAT WE FORGET❕ 💀

📸 Tito Bench

YOUR COURSE WITH WHAT YOU DO TODAY 💭

Laura Laura Urías is already comfortable exploring deep cenotes. Now she wants to take the next step: becoming a cave diver.

We spent a great day at Yakuun working on skills, awareness, and emergency procedures during a guided dive. The goal is to build the foundation she needs before starting technical training later this year.

One of the biggest challenges for divers isn’t learning a skill. It’s keeping it current.

Work, , and everyday life can make regular diving difficult. You don’t need to be in a cenote every weekend to stay sharp, but you do need to keep practicing.

Pool sessions, skills drills, and emergency scenarios with a dive buddy can make a big difference. Repetition builds comfort, and comfort matters when something doesn’t go according to plan.

Laura understands this very well. She is committed to staying active, improving her skills, and becoming more prepared for the next stage of her diving.

That attitude makes a huge difference.

I’m very happy to be part of her journey, and I’m looking forward to seeing where it takes her.

Keep training. Keep practicing. Keep moving forward.

BECOMING A TECHNICAL DIVER ISN’T JUST ABOUT TAKING A COURSE. IT’S ABOUT BUILDING THE HABITS TO BE READY FOR THE DIVE. DivingTips

-HA: MORE THAN A CENOTE💧
At first glance, Nicte-Ha looks like a quiet pool surrounded by jungle.

But this surface is only the entrance to something much larger.
Located within the Dos Ojos cave system, Nicte-Ha, which in the Mayan language means “the water of the lily”, is known for its crystal-clear water, open environment, and the water lilies that cover parts of the surface.

For , the interesting part is what the map reveals: a network of passages extending beyond what you can see from the surface.

This is one of the things that makes cenote diving in so different. A cenote is not simply a place to enter the water. It can be the access point to an entire underground environment shaped by thousands of years of geological processes.

The map exposed at the cenote entrance doesn’t only display the navigation lines, but also every detail about the topography of the cavern. Cave cartographers are not just explorers; they are artists who invest countless hours underwater and in their workshops to create a unique representation of what we cannot see from above!

Nicte-Ha is a good reminder that the most interesting part of a cenote is often the part you cannot see from the surface.

Know the environment. Understand the map. Then make your decisions underwater. GhostDivers 💀